ABC and Prospect Park too are involved in litigation, a $25 million case over soaps ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE.

Disney's ABC TV Unit Laying Off 175
The layoffs amount to about 2 percent of the unit, which employs 7,600. Insiders say the layoffs will largely hit the eight owned and operated TV stations housed in Disney's ABC Television Group. The company has eight owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, Raleigh Durham and Fresno.

"As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes," Miller wrote in a letter to the organizers, posted on GLAAD's website. "However, as a gay man, I must decline."

ALL MY CHILDREN alum Josh Duhamel hates being typecast
"I think it's a matter of when you first start out you have to take what you can get and it's tough because people want to put you in a certain type of box early on. I come from a soap opera and I've got some romantic comedies, and it's hard to convince people that you can do things other than that," he told about.com.

Former daytime star Brian Gaskill creating indie film, The Speech, raising money on Kickstarter
"I have seen many producers and musical performers use the Kickstarter tool to share the experience of producing their project with their friends, family and fans. I can’t afford to finance this all by myself so I thought why not give this a try. I also saw that there was a lot of interest in me getting back out there and acting again via my Facebook page and my wonderful friends on there so I thought this would be a good way for me to get back out there as well. All the people that know my work from my daytime drama acting really want me to get back out there. This is me getting back to work."

Satire: Soap opera rap tensions increase as EMMERDALE cast release 'Da Dalez' grime album
Not to be outdone by their neighbors from across the Pennines, the cast of EMMERDALE has released an 18-song UK grime album entitled "Da Dalez." This was done in retaliation to the rap video released by CORONATION STREET's Tommy Duckworth, alias Chris Fountain, which earned him critical acclaim in the world of urban music despite him also losing his job his process.

I'm not going to read Mr. Friedman's article, since I don't know what Ms. Stafford's religion has to do with the quality of her show. I've watched the first two episodes and thought she was great (as always) and that they were well produced. No subliminal messages from L. Ron Hubbard. We live in a country with "freedom of religion" built into our Constitution and, last I checked, Michelle Stafford is not foisting her spiritual POV on anyone and is doing what any professional in her position should be doing: creative entertainment. What does Mr. Friedman's religion have to do with his writing? Gosh, I hope I haven't injected any Episcopalian-ism into this comment box.

Great point. I'm not sure why it was necessary to take the time to look up the show's cast and crew to determine if they are all Scientologists. And then write a story as if you have discovered some huge scandal that was being covered up. Plus, why was it necessary to throw in an insult of Sharon Case? It just read as if there was some other agenda there. As for The Stafford Project, it has been terrific so far. The concept isn't totally original but the execution has been fantastic. I'm ready for Michelle to rock the red carpet at the ISAs next year. :)